CrowdSec is an open-source security engine written in Go. It is often referred to as a modern alternative to Fail2Ban. CrowdSec can analyze server logs, running services, and web applications…
Microsoft recently released a new Store CLI tool, which is a native command-line utility that allows users to interact with the Microsoft Store app in Windows 11 directly from Terminal,…
Most laptops and computers sold today come with Windows 11 Home (or Windows 11 Home Single Language) pre-installed. This Windows edition is sufficient for most home users’ typical tasks. However, if…
Windows Sandbox is a built-in feature in Windows 10 and 11 that provides a temporary, lightweight, fully isolated environment for safely testing untrusted applications or opening suspicious files. When the…
In this article, we’ll look at ways to extract the product key used to activate Windows on your device using only the built-in tools, without the need for any third-party…
This article explores ways to access a shared network folder from the current session using a different user account, including mapping a network drive with alternate credentials and saving the…
In this article, we will explore the specifics of monitoring Windows hosts with Zabbix, from installing the agent and connecting the Windows node to the Zabbix server to collecting metrics…
Strict uniqueness requirements for local machine Security Identifiers (SIDs) were enforced in security updates released by Microsoft in autumn 2025 for Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, and Windows Server 2025. These…
If you need to monitor a specific folder/file and trigger an automatic action on changes, use the built-in .NET FileSystemWatcher class instead of relying on classic Windows file-system access auditing.…
Users often save files directly to their %userprofile%\Desktop folders, which not only clutters them but also makes it more difficult for administrators to maintain user profile directories across workstations and servers.…